The ideal candidate will possess the demonstrated skills and experience necessary to provide operations leadership across the program lifecycle including proposals, development, production, and sustainment activities. The preferred candidate must be capable of working beyond the typical 40-hour work week travel domestically and move between buildings and local facilities.
What You Will Do
Leadership position in a fast paced technical or manufacturing environment that included multiple working organizations; this would include building strong cross-functional teams
Lead, collaborate and influence driving quality and performance for program deliverables, accountable for factory integration, consolidated program performance, and unique program requirements
Participate in strategic Program/Operations planning for current production performance and future development efforts
Support Operational Security (OPSEC) plan(s) execution and influence future security strategies
Communicate across programs, to identify, assess, collaborate and resolve any conflicts with program requirements
Define clear operational schedules, priorities and goals for each Strategic Make Center
Operations point of contact for proposal development and approval, ensuring proposed costs or challenges are understood by Operations leadership and factories
Coordinate and develop operations requirements for all gate reviews and execute proposed strategies from early gate reviews for effective implementation in future production.
Ownership of the Program’s Operations EAC and budget
Prepare and present information for Monthly Management Reviews, summarizing program status and any on-going production issues
Qualifications You Must Have
Typically requires a University degree and a minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum of 7 years of experience
Experience working in a manufacturing environment with complex systems integration within multiple factories, multifaceted federal regulatory requirements, and/or military or defense manufacturing
Experience with Proposals, Estimating, Basis of Estimates (BOEs)
Experience managing cost and schedule for complex, production or development programs in cross-functional, matrixed environment
Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain higher clearance level or program access prior to start date.
